Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum Primum

IN the yere of oure lord a Thousand thre honderd eyght and fyfty in October Robert knolles a Capytayne of a greete companye of Englysshe men and other helde and had wonne many forttesses in Fraunce by Orleaunce in B••y∣tayne and in Normandye / And in the same monethe he lefte his garnysons / and cam to fore Parys / and there by toke a stronge place named Amblanullers / And they of Parys sente out men of warre ageynste them / but they were anone ouerthrowen and beten in to the toune ageyn / And dayly they assaylled the Frens¦shmen vn to the yates of parys / And helde them of Parys soo strayte that atte laste they were constreyned to bye that place of hym & to yeue to hym large moneye to departe / And after they destroyed many places in Champayne / And in Marche aft••r they toke the Cyte of Anserre and the Castel / At whiche pryse were made thre knyghtes / that is to saye Robert knolles / Tome∣lyn Fouque and another / whiche thre were Capytaynes of gre∣te Foyson of Englysshmen / And they pylled that toune / which̄ was Ryche as was sayd / They hadde as moche good and Ie∣wellys / as was valewyd to fyue honderde thousand motons of Golde / And the Raunsonne of prysonners of synguler per∣sonnes was an ouer grete somme / ¶ And whan the Englysshmen had seen the lordes of the toune and had pylled it viij dayes during / they said they wold brenne the toun so that they that were left dwelling in the toun agreeed to gyue them to

saue it fourty thousand motons of golde / and syxty perles va∣lewyd at ten thousande motons of golde / And that Englysshe¦men sholde bere aweye with them aboue that / as moche goode as they wold / excepte the Iewellys of the chirche of saynt Germa¦yn / the whiche they shold haue in pledge for theyr payemente vnto mydsomer / and as to the wallys / they sholde breke them doune / and brenne the gates / and soo they dyde /

In this yere of oure lorde a thousande thre honderd syxty / And fyue and thyrtty yere of the Regne of kynge Edward the thir¦de the pees was fynysshed and acorded bytwene bothe kynges af Fraunce and of Englonde / as it is afore sayd / And at al halowen tyde after bothe two kynges metten to geder at Caleys with bothe theyr counseyls / And there were shewyd the Arty∣cles and condicions of the pees and acorde / to whiche both party∣es agreed and promysed to obserue and kepe / where forthwith was songe a solempne masse / And after the thyrdde Agnus dei vppon goddes bodye / and also on the myssal•• bothe kynges her sonnes / and the grettest lordes of both Royames beyng tho there presente swore to holde obserue and kepe the sayd pees and acor∣de / and alle other couenauntes that were ordeyned bytwene hem

¶Aboute this tyme saynt Brygytte an hooly wydowe of the Royamme of Swethen had many reuelacions to bee enfor∣med vnto alle thastate of the chirche / And Instytued and foū¦ded an ordre newe of women and of men / wherof she is Patro∣nes / her feste is kepte the two and twentyest day of Iuyll / In the same yere were grete and sodayne tempestes / and strong lyghtnynge and thondrynge / by whiche howsynge b••••stes and trees were perysshed / And the deuyl appered in maunys lyke∣nesse to moche peple in dyuerse places and spak to hem / Also in dyuerse places of the worlde were erthe quaues / in soo moche that Basyle the Cyte fylle doune with many Castels a∣boute hit / / ¶ That tyme men dwellyd in woodes as beestes and durste not entre in to Cytees / ¶ That tyme were many bataylles / Pestylence and honger in many places / Also in dyuerse places the Erthe caste oute whyte water / and stynkynge. whiche ouerthrewe and made to falle Castels and stronge places on many places of the worlde / ¶ In this yere in the feste of Conuersion of saynt Poule kynge Edward helde a parlamente at Westmynstre / In whiche was shewyd

the pees / and acorde made bytwene the two kynges / Item In the same yere in the Ascencion euen was seen Eclyp∣se of the Sonne / Wherupon fyll a grete droughte / and that for defaute of Rayn fyll grete derth of Corne and heye / ¶ Also this same yere the same monethe fylle Rayne in Burgoyne almoost lyke to blood / And a Crosse almoost reede was seen in the ayer there / Also in the same tyme was seen in Fraunce / in Englond / and in many other places appyere two Castels / oute of whiche yssued oute two hoostes of Armed men / that one was clothed in whyte / that other in black / And whanne the bataylle was bygonne bytwene them / the white ouercome the black / And soone after the black ouercome the whyte / And thenne they retourned in to theyr castels and soo vanysshed aweye / In this yere was an huge pestylence / and this yere deyde Syre Harry duck of lancastre / ¶ In the same yere Edward prynce of wales maryed the Coūtesse of kente. that was Syr Thomas holandes wyf / whiche was somtyme dyuorsed fro the Erle of Salysbury / for cause of the same knyght / ¶ Aboute this ty¦me a grete company of dyuerse nacions assemblyd theym to gy∣der / of whome the gouernours and leders were Englysshmen / whiche dyde moche harme in Fraunce / Anone after aroos ano∣ther companye of dyuerse nacions / that were callyd the whyte companye whiche in the countrayes of lombardy dyde moche har¦me / ¶ This same yere Syre Iohan of Gaunt sone to kynge ed∣ward the thyrdde was made duk of lancastre by hys wyf dough¦ter and heyr of henry duk of lancastre that deyde /

¶Also this yere was a grete wynde / which ouerthrewe houses Trees / and many a steple in Englond / ¶ Item in this yere kynge Edward made Syre leonel his sonne duc of Clarence / And Edmond his other sonne Erle of Cambrydge / In this yere was ordeyned by a parlament that men of lāwe shold ple¦te in theyr moder tongue / ¶In that yere cam in to Englond the kynges of Fraunce / Cypres / and scotland / Whiche were wor¦shipfully receyued / And after they had ben here long tyme / two of hem wente in to theyr Countrayes ageyne ¶But the kynge of Fraunce for grete sekenesse that he had abode stylle in En∣glond /

¶Sequitur Capitulum Secundum